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Post by Moose on Nov 11, 2012 21:34:17 GMT
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Post by bill on Nov 12, 2012 15:00:14 GMT
Perhaps that should be included as part of army recruitment publicity.
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Post by Shake on Nov 13, 2012 4:06:41 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Nov 13, 2012 7:35:48 GMT
Again something I can't watch. *sigh*
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Post by Miisa on Nov 13, 2012 10:09:57 GMT
Guessing you had a veteran's day on Sunday? Because for us it was Father's day and I though "that's a little grim".
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Post by raspberrybullets on Nov 13, 2012 10:19:34 GMT
Rememberance Day we call it. I watched the Brit version for the first time and it's rather too pompous and they let the politicians put their wreaths down before the service men and women which I think is bollocks!
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Post by tangent on Nov 13, 2012 11:10:08 GMT
We had a couple of minutes silence in the lounge after church when everyone was drinking coffee. There were 80 adults and 12 young children and only one child was disruptive, which I thought remarkable because most of the children were quite young.
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Post by Alvamiga on Nov 13, 2012 19:36:28 GMT
Rememberance Day we call it. I watched the Brit version for the first time and it's rather too pompous and they let the politicians put their wreaths down before the service men and women which I think is bollocks! I agree with that. The thing that annoys me most is when it is just treated as a routine. The BBC, for example, forces poppies onto everyone on camera that week regardless when it is recorded and it ceases to become an act of remembrance and just something that is done for appearance's sake. Unfortunately, the press then perpetuates this by jumping up and down if anyone dares to not wear one, like they have committed some heinous act. |
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Post by Mari on Nov 13, 2012 21:59:21 GMT
Again something I can't watch. *sigh* You'd almost start to think you actually lived in China...  |
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Post by Shake on Nov 14, 2012 5:17:38 GMT
As a veteran, I got a free car wash and oil change on Sunday. Could have taken advantage of some free food offers, too, but didn't want to spend all day driving all over the place.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 14, 2012 7:22:14 GMT
Again something I can't watch. *sigh* You'd almost start to think you actually lived in China... I'm beginning to wonder about that, to be honest!  |
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Post by raspberrybullets on Nov 14, 2012 19:55:20 GMT
Rememberance Day we call it. I watched the Brit version for the first time and it's rather too pompous and they let the politicians put their wreaths down before the service men and women which I think is bollocks! I agree with that. The thing that annoys me most is when it is just treated as a routine. The BBC, for example, forces poppies onto everyone on camera that week regardless when it is recorded and it ceases to become an act of remembrance and just something that is done for appearance's sake. Unfortunately, the press then perpetuates this by jumping up and down if anyone dares to not wear one, like they have committed some heinous act. Yeah I noticed that. They were wearing them for several weeks. It's going to be like christmas soon, they'll start it in July. |
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Post by Moose on Nov 18, 2012 18:18:24 GMT
I still have my poppy on my coat .. suppose I ought to take it off
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